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Herein, a series of mesoporous NiMo/LaAlO x with various La contents were constructed through a solvent evaporation-induced self-assembly protocol, and their catalytic activities were investigated for hydrodesulfurization (HDS) of 4,6-DMDBT.It has been confirmed that the incorporation of La influences the electronic structure and morphology of NiMoS active phase. The lower amount of La (x ≤ 1.0 wt.%) could facilitate the formation of "Type II" NiMoS phase by weakening the interaction of Mo-O-Al leakage and promoting the sulfidation of both Mo and Ni species as well as increasing the ratio of "Type II" NiMoS phase, thereafter boosting the HDS performances. Further increasing La incorporation, however, leads to the generation of inactive NiS x phase and decrease of NiMoS active phase proportion, the HDS activities of corresponding catalysts were suppressed. NiMo/LaAlO x -1.0 exhibits the highest activity for 4,6-DMDBT HDS because of its moderate metal-support interaction, optimal morphology and the largest proportion of "Type II" NiMoS active phase.

Background: Personal glucose meter (PGM) has become the most successful biosensor in past decades due to its advantages of small size, convenient operation, and low cost. To take advantage of many years of research and development of PGMs, new signal transduction methods has been developed to expand the PGM from simple monitoring blood glucose to detection of numerous non-glucose targets. Objectives: This review summarizes recent advance of PGM-based biosensors for non-glucose targets including signal transduction, signal amplification and target molecule recognition and analysis. Current challenges and future directions are also discussed. Conclusion: PGM can be used as biosensor readout to detect various non-glucose targets from metal ion, small molecule to protein and even living organisms such as bacteria and other pathogens by using different signal transduction elements such as invertase and amylase, and different signal amplification methods such as nanomaterials, nucleic acid reaction, liposome encapsulation, hydrogel trapping, DNAzyme amplification and biotin-streptavidin reaction.